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Complete revisal of all the acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and use: together with the titles of all such laws as are obsolete, expired, or repealed: with marginal notes and references, and an exact table to the whole

208 LAWS of North-Carolina.
A. D. 1757. in the faid One Hundred Acres of Land, to and for the Ufes, Intents, and Pur-poles,
hereby exprelled and declared j and they, or any Three of them,'fhall have
lull ii^ower and Authority to meet as often as they Ihall think necellary, and to
appoint a Public Quay, and luch Place on the faid River, for a Public Landing,
as to them lliall feem convenient; and to lay out Four Acres of the laid One Hun-dred
for a Market Place, and other Public Buildings -, and the Refidue thereof into
Lots, Streets, Lanes, and Alleys, or lo much of the fame as will make at leaft
One Hundred and Twenty Lots, of Half an Acre each; and caufe a Plan thereof
to be made, and therein to inlert Marks and Numbers to each Lot.
Right of the Fer-
»y rfft-rved to
James Leflie,
IV. PROVID ED neverthekfs. That nothing in this A61 contained fliall be
conllrued or extend to grant i'owcr to the laid Direftors, or their SuccefTors, or
any other Freeholder ot the laid Town, to keep a Public Ferry at the Landing fo
to be appointed by the laid Dire(::tors, in Prejudice of the Ferry of the faid Jatnes
Lejlie^ now by Law eitabiiihed. And in Calc it Ihould hereaftrr be found neceflary'
to ered a Public Ferry at the faid Landing, the Right of keeping the fame fhali
remain to the laid James Lejlie, his Heirs and Affigns, until he or they fhall refufe
to comply with tlie I'erms by Law prefcnbcd lor ereding and lijeeping Public
Ferries.
CDmmiflionefs to
draw the L-Jts Of
faid Tovvli.
Lots to be faved
within 3 Years,
Further Time
allowed by AiHs
Nov. 1759, Ch.
8, Oftober, 176J,
Chap, 10.
Piirchafe
tf LotJ.
Money
V. AND whereas Subfcriptions have already been made for Orfe Hundred and
Twenty L^ts, to be laid oft' in the faid Town •, Be it further Enacted, by the Autho-,
riiy afcrefaid. That the laid Direftors, or the Majority of them, within One Month
after tiie laying off the laid Town, fliall appoint a lime, and give Public Notice
thereof, for meedng the faid Sub.cribers on the faid Land, for determining the
Property of each particular Lot ; which fliall be done by Ballot, in a fair Manner,
by the Direction of, and in Prelence of the Majority of the faid Diredors at leaft ;.
and each Subscriber fliall be intided to the Lot or Lots which fliall happen to be
drawn for him, and correlpond with the Number contained in the Plan of the faid^
Town ; and the faid Diredors, or the Majority of them, fliall make and execute
Deeds for granting and conveying the Taid One Hundred and Twenty Lots to the
Subfcribers, their Heirs and Affigns, for ever-, and alfo to every other Perlbawho
fhall purchafe any other Lot or Lots in the laid Town, at the Cofts and Charges of
the Grantee to whom the fame fliall be conveyed •, and every Ferfon claiming any
Lot or Lots by Virtue of any fuch Conveyance, fhall and may hold and enjoy the
fame in Fee-Simple.
VI. PROVIDED neverthelefs. That every Grantee of any Lot or Lots in
the faid Town fo conveyed, fliall, v^ithin Three Years next after the Date of the
Conveyance for the fame, ereft, build, and finifli, on each Lot fo conveyed, one;
well framed Houle, Sixteen Feet fquare at the leaft, and Ten Feet Pitch in the
Clear, or proportionable to ftich Dimenfions, if fuch Grantee fliall have Two or
more Lots contiguous : And if the Owner of any Lot fliall fail to purfue and com-ply
with the Diredions in this Ad prefcribed for building and finifliing a Houfc
thereon, then fuch Lot upon which fuch Floufe fliall«not be built and finiflied, fliall
be revefted in the faid Diredors -, and the faid Diredors, or the Majority of them,
may, and are hereby impowercd and authorized, to lell luch Lot for the beft Price
that can be had, to any Perlon applying for the fame, in fuch Manner, and uftdcr
fuch Reftridions, as they could or might have done, if fuch Lot had not before
been fold or granted.
VII. JND k it further Ena^ed, hy the Authority aforefaid. That the refpedive
Subfcribers for the faid One Hundred and Twenty Lots fliall, within One Month
after it fliall be afcertained to whom each of the faid Lots doth belong, in Manner
herein before-mentioned, pay and fatisfy to the faid Diredors the Sum of l^orty
Sh'llinc^s, Proclamation Money, for each Lot by him fubfcnbed for-, and m Lale
of the Refufal or Negled of any Subfcriber to pay the faid. Sum, the laid Diredors
fliall and may commence and profecute a Suit in their own Names, for
^J^f^^J"^'
^nd
tlfcrein fliall recover Judgment, with Cofts of Suit. vlll. AISD

208 LAWS of North-Carolina.
A. D. 1757. in the faid One Hundred Acres of Land, to and for the Ufes, Intents, and Pur-poles,
hereby exprelled and declared j and they, or any Three of them,'fhall have
lull ii^ower and Authority to meet as often as they Ihall think necellary, and to
appoint a Public Quay, and luch Place on the faid River, for a Public Landing,
as to them lliall feem convenient; and to lay out Four Acres of the laid One Hun-dred
for a Market Place, and other Public Buildings -, and the Refidue thereof into
Lots, Streets, Lanes, and Alleys, or lo much of the fame as will make at leaft
One Hundred and Twenty Lots, of Half an Acre each; and caufe a Plan thereof
to be made, and therein to inlert Marks and Numbers to each Lot.
Right of the Fer-
»y rfft-rved to
James Leflie,
IV. PROVID ED neverthekfs. That nothing in this A61 contained fliall be
conllrued or extend to grant i'owcr to the laid Direftors, or their SuccefTors, or
any other Freeholder ot the laid Town, to keep a Public Ferry at the Landing fo
to be appointed by the laid Dire(::tors, in Prejudice of the Ferry of the faid Jatnes
Lejlie^ now by Law eitabiiihed. And in Calc it Ihould hereaftrr be found neceflary'
to ered a Public Ferry at the faid Landing, the Right of keeping the fame fhali
remain to the laid James Lejlie, his Heirs and Affigns, until he or they fhall refufe
to comply with tlie I'erms by Law prefcnbcd lor ereding and lijeeping Public
Ferries.
CDmmiflionefs to
draw the L-Jts Of
faid Tovvli.
Lots to be faved
within 3 Years,
Further Time
allowed by AiHs
Nov. 1759, Ch.
8, Oftober, 176J,
Chap, 10.
Piirchafe
tf LotJ.
Money
V. AND whereas Subfcriptions have already been made for Orfe Hundred and
Twenty L^ts, to be laid oft' in the faid Town •, Be it further Enacted, by the Autho-,
riiy afcrefaid. That the laid Direftors, or the Majority of them, within One Month
after tiie laying off the laid Town, fliall appoint a lime, and give Public Notice
thereof, for meedng the faid Sub.cribers on the faid Land, for determining the
Property of each particular Lot ; which fliall be done by Ballot, in a fair Manner,
by the Direction of, and in Prelence of the Majority of the faid Diredors at leaft ;.
and each Subscriber fliall be intided to the Lot or Lots which fliall happen to be
drawn for him, and correlpond with the Number contained in the Plan of the faid^
Town ; and the faid Diredors, or the Majority of them, fliall make and execute
Deeds for granting and conveying the Taid One Hundred and Twenty Lots to the
Subfcribers, their Heirs and Affigns, for ever-, and alfo to every other Perlbawho
fhall purchafe any other Lot or Lots in the laid Town, at the Cofts and Charges of
the Grantee to whom the fame fliall be conveyed •, and every Ferfon claiming any
Lot or Lots by Virtue of any fuch Conveyance, fhall and may hold and enjoy the
fame in Fee-Simple.
VI. PROVIDED neverthelefs. That every Grantee of any Lot or Lots in
the faid Town fo conveyed, fliall, v^ithin Three Years next after the Date of the
Conveyance for the fame, ereft, build, and finifli, on each Lot fo conveyed, one;
well framed Houle, Sixteen Feet fquare at the leaft, and Ten Feet Pitch in the
Clear, or proportionable to ftich Dimenfions, if fuch Grantee fliall have Two or
more Lots contiguous : And if the Owner of any Lot fliall fail to purfue and com-ply
with the Diredions in this Ad prefcribed for building and finifliing a Houfc
thereon, then fuch Lot upon which fuch Floufe fliall«not be built and finiflied, fliall
be revefted in the faid Diredors -, and the faid Diredors, or the Majority of them,
may, and are hereby impowercd and authorized, to lell luch Lot for the beft Price
that can be had, to any Perlon applying for the fame, in fuch Manner, and uftdcr
fuch Reftridions, as they could or might have done, if fuch Lot had not before
been fold or granted.
VII. JND k it further Ena^ed, hy the Authority aforefaid. That the refpedive
Subfcribers for the faid One Hundred and Twenty Lots fliall, within One Month
after it fliall be afcertained to whom each of the faid Lots doth belong, in Manner
herein before-mentioned, pay and fatisfy to the faid Diredors the Sum of l^orty
Sh'llinc^s, Proclamation Money, for each Lot by him fubfcnbed for-, and m Lale
of the Refufal or Negled of any Subfcriber to pay the faid. Sum, the laid Diredors
fliall and may commence and profecute a Suit in their own Names, for
^J^f^^J"^'
^nd
tlfcrein fliall recover Judgment, with Cofts of Suit. vlll. AISD